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Today is the feast of St George, patron of England, Georgia and Ethiopia. Here on the early 16c screen at Wellingham, Norfolk, the royals look on on the left and the princess to the right as he dispatches the dragon, out of shot. 1/3
More: norfolkchurches.co.uk/wellingham/welâŚ
#StGeorgesDay
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Have you had a chance to watch @ClerkofOxford 's talk to us on the royal saints in the Prayer Book?
#bcp1662 #churchofengland twitter.com/Medievalists/sâŚ
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There were different terms for different types of ways or paths;
SHEER WAY or SHIRE WAY - a bridle path through grounds which were otherwise private
BIER BALKS - church ways or paths, along which a bier or coffin may be carried
LISS ROAD or LIST ROAD - a bridle path or farm road
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Today we remember #StAnselm, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who died on this day in 1109.
Anselm is famed for his proposal of the ontological argument for the existence of God, and is commemorated in the Cathedral with his own chapel.
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đ§ The Gone Medieval podcast@HistoryHitt is joined by@ClerkofOxfordd as she discusses 'Conquered', an exploration of the Anglo-Saxon families who survived the Norman conquest.
Listen here:bit.ly/3Cc66oLY
Buy now:bit.ly/3u5qdTdyw
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This opening shows a 1507 copy of an 11thC Life of St Alphege or Ălfheah, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 until he was killed by Vikings #OnThisDay in 1012. Today is his feast day. [MS 159]
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Today we remember #StAlphege, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered by a Viking army on this day in 1012.
The St Alphege Window depicts scenes leading to his death â including the siege of Canterbury and the Archbishop being taken captive âď¸
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19 Apr 1012: St.Alphege (Aelfheah) Archbishop of Canterbury killed by #Vikings at drunken feast at #Greenwich #otd (image: ClerkofOxford )
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Fairies made visible through use
of magic soap.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker A reminder of the traditional Kentish Easter fare - Pudding Pies and Cherry Beer.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker This is a beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing. twitter.com/MartinAlteman/âŚ
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker "For Goddes blik body it bar for evre body,
And it afereth the fendâfor swich is the myghte,
May no grisly goost glide there it shadweth!"
(3/3)
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Til the day dawed, thise damyseles carolden,
That men rongen to the resurexionâand right with that I wakede,
And called Kytte my wif and Calote my doghter:
"Ariseth and reverenceth Goddes resurexion,
And crepeth to the cros on knees, and kisseth it for a juwel!"
(2/3)
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker 'THIS JOYFUL EASTERTIDE' An amazingly fresh recording for its age from Exeter Cathedral choir in 1928 and is their first recording of a gramophone record. The choir is directed by Thomas Armstrong who also wrote the final verse descant, youtu.be/Q9WFJHSo-i4
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Word of the Day: SHAKEBOTTLE (n.) Easter Day, from a tradition of shaking liquorice into spring water on Easter morning [19thC dial.]
(fr. English Dialect Dictionary, 1904)
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker 17th April. For Easter Sunday. âThus all Creation haileth the risen Christ with joy. Flowers, crops flourish with renewed fruit, and birds call sweetly, now that the unhappy frost hath been swept away.â [leperlily.org/wp/hymnbook/enâŚ] #notker #otd
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Person
of remarkable sight can see through hearts
of trees.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker An Anglo-Saxon rood from Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. Dating to the 10th century, itâs one of two Anglo-Saxon roods at this remarkable church!
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker The wal waggede and cleef, and al the world quaved.
Dede men for that dene come out of depe graves,
And tolde why that tempeste so longe tyme durede.
For a bitter bataille, the dede body seide;
Lif and Deeth in this derknesse, hir oon fordeoth hir oother. (5/5)
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker âConsummatum est,â quod Crist, and comsede for to swoune,
Pitousliche and pale as a prison that deieth;
The lord of lif and of light tho leide hise eighen togideres.
The day for drede withdrough and derk bicam the sonne.
(4/5)
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Detail from the Winchester Hanging Bowl. Dating from the late C7th or C8th, the bowl was found as part of an Anglo-Saxon burial at Oliver's Battery, near Winchester in Hampshire. Now part of the collections at Winchester City Museum. @HantsCulture #FindsFriday
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker 'Good Friday - rigid fasting formerly practiced - women and girls used to let their hair fall loosely to signify grief - left that way all day'.
Full account here: duchas.ie/en/cbe/9000223âŚ
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Hot Cross Buns: Of course you know the Hot Cross Bun Song, but do you know the original 'elves' version...
foodsofengland.co.uk/hotcrossbuns.hâŚ
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford Good Friday is also a good day for potato-planting; kiss-in-the-ring was another popular custom back in the day.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker In the side chapel of St Ida in Old Fox's church there is a faded painting, rare & beautiful. It depicts Christ crucified on a lily, the battered naily wooden cross transformed to his mother's flower, a Dorset flower of cottage gardens, of high, sweet bird song & long damp grass.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Remnants of a medieval wooden crucifix once displayed in All Hallows Church, South Cerney.
It was discovered in 1915 walled up in the nave.
Imagine the moment they uncovered that singular little face, dripping with ennui.
#GoodFriday
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker 2/2 A detail of the image of Christ the Man of Sorrows at Wellingham, Norfolk. The screen dates from the 1530s, and would have been vandalised by iconoclasts and then covered up within 20 years of its making.
Wellingham: norfolkchurches.co.uk/wellingham/welâŚ
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford âThe better the day the better the deedâ was my Kentish grandmotherâs version.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker In anguish in the garden - and in the distance, the soldiers are approaching. 'This is your hour, and the power of darkness.'
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The kiss of Judas, an English screen painting of about 1470 now in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. 'And he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?'
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker On Maundy Thursday, here is the end of Thomas Tallisâ Lamentations of Jeremiah, sung @fontevraud.
It was amazing to sing this English music in the Loire Valley, next to the graves of Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Richard the Lionheart.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Sharp Thursday. At first light, Old Fox opened the church. He folded up the Lenten cloth & scrubbed the altar with his best Jessamy soap & a new birch brush. Then home for an early elevenses. Coffee cake & a little sherry, parlour windows flung open to the cold, sweet air.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Tune in to BBC's History Extra podcast, as @ClerkofOxford, author of Conquered, talks to @DJMusgrove about the young people & families who survived the Norman Conquest of 1066: bit.ly/3u6Yykw
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Morning vista like a delicate water colour: A painterly view through the C18th window of the Beverley Arms of the divine C15th St. Maryâs, Beverley, Yorkshire.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker The fabulous @ClerkofOxford responding to questions at the end of an excellent presentation on the royal saints in the Prayer Book Calendar. So ends a really enjoyable @prayerbook_soc Lent seminar series. Six outstanding speakers, and a great group of participants.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know. CELEBORN. #LOTR #Tolkien
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker A sous-bois gown for a damp April morning, under the greening trees where Robin Goodfellow & the mousehunts wander & the violets & the mercury & the fair-in-sight hold their seely courts.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Detail on the 15th century screen at Saxthorpe in Norfolk - a delicate hand painted trail of flowers and foliage.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Martin Schongauer
Madonna and Child in a Window, about 1485â1490
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Here he's looking for the right place in the book.
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker Tonight at 7.30pm we have a service of 'Tenebrae' for Holy Monday.
Tenebrae is the Latin word for âshadowsâ or âdarknessâ, and it offers a particularly powerful opportunity to reflect on the events of Holy Week.
Watch live: youtu.be/Gk99B6FoqQ8
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker "The old and the young may experience things differently, but nonetheless the bonds across generations can be very strong â more powerful than what divides us."
Read @ClerkofOxford's reflections on writing Conquered @HistoryToday: bit.ly/37MgCI3
Retweeted by Eleanor Parker This 14th-century manuscript fragment was once part of an Antiphoner (book of liturgical chants) & contains hymns for #HolyWeek. The text is spaced out ready for musical notation to be added but it never was. For comparison here's another fragment with music added.
đˇ MS B.III.12k
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